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  • What are some tools used in sentence translation?**
    Corpora, dictionaries, machine translation tools (like Google Translate).
  • *What is a speech act in sentence translation?**
    A sentence that performs a function, like asking, requesting, or warning.
  • What is formal equivalence in translation?**
    Translating word-for-word, keeping the structure close to the original.
  • What is an idiom?
    A phrase whose meaning is different from the literal words (e.g., "kick the bucket").
  • What is a sentence?*
    A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete idea.
  • What is one limitation of machine translation?**
    It may not understand culture, idioms, or sentence-level meaning.
  • *What is the basic English sentence structure (SVO)?**
    Subject-Verb-Object (e.g., "She eats apples").
  • **What are the levels of translation discussed in the lesson?
    Word level, sentence level, and discourse level.
  • *Why is it important to translate sentences accurately?**
    Because meaning often depends on the whole sentence, not just individual words.
  • *Why can word-for-word translation cause problems
    It may change the meaning or sound unnatural.
  • *Give an example of a sentence that needs contextual understanding.**
    "He kicked the bucket" — this means "He died," not literally kicking a bucket.
  • . **What does sentence translation focus on?**
    It focuses on translating the full meaning and structure of a sentence.
  • What is dynamic equivalence in translation?**
    Translating the meaning in a natural way for the target language.
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